tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3611639517962742486.post8698737386746804052..comments2024-03-25T15:31:12.151-07:00Comments on We Live In A Political World: 32 / Tranquillon RidgeGary A. Pattonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15049925834933920507noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3611639517962742486.post-48841668215758172512010-02-06T21:47:41.861-08:002010-02-06T21:47:41.861-08:00Dear Anonymous:
As I said in my original posting...Dear Anonymous: <br /><br />As I said in my original posting, I continue to be in contact with a nationwide coalition of environmental activists from all over the country, who oppose the expansion of Outer Continental Shelf (OCS) oil drilling on the nation's coasts. For more than thirty years, this informal group has worked through lobbyists in the federal Capitol to try to maintain the Congressional "moratorium" on new OCS development, and the coalition, being highly specialized on this issue, is in continuing contact with key members of Congressional committees, and opposition lobbyists.<br /><br />It is the judgment of lobbyists for this OCS opposition group that the Tranquillon Ridge deal, if it is adopted by the State of California, will lead to changes at the federal level that will mean more oil drilling off the nation's coasts.<br /><br />In other words, the "very likely to open up federal waters ..." statement in my posting is based on the judgment of lobbyists in Washington, DC who work on this issue as their number one priority, and who have beeen successful for over thirty years in stopping many OCS proposals in the Congress. They know what they're talking about.<br /><br />+Gary A. PattonGary A. Pattonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15049925834933920507noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3611639517962742486.post-25585664108901886132010-02-06T09:43:34.511-08:002010-02-06T09:43:34.511-08:00"If California reverses its long-held positio..."If California reverses its long-held position against new OCS development in its own waters, the Congress is very likely to open up federal waters (including some off California) to new oil development."<br /><br />What is your basis for this idea? It can be argued that this deal will send a message to congress that offshore drilling is dead now.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com